39 Famous Gay Dads for Father's Day

By Daniel Reynolds

Karamo Brown

The star of Netflix's Queer Eyefound out he was a father after he had rose to fame, but has stepped up to the plate. “I came out at 16-years-old as a proud, gay man. My last girlfriend in high school—when I was 15—became pregnant with my child but did not tell me," Brown shared with Parents.com. "She moved away, and I never had contact with her again; remember this is before social media." He found out about his son 10 years later, when he received a subpoena for child support. Afterward, he immediately took custody of his son Jason. “It wasn’t always easy, but when it comes to your children, giving up is never an option."

Denis O’Hare and Hugo Redwood

The American Horror Story: Coven star and his husband, Hugo Redwood, in 2014 adopted their son, Declan, to whom they’d been foster parents since he was 2 weeks old. The couple received a Let Love Define Family award at the annual Raise a Child gala last May. Photos via Facebook.

Rufus Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt

In 2011 singer Rufus Wainwright and partner Jorn Weisbrodt celebrated the birth of their daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, born via surrogate February 2 in Los Angeles. The birth mother, Lorca Cohen, is the daughter of legendary singer-songwriter Leonard.

B.D. Wong

In 2003, B.D. Wong wrote an inspiring book about his experiences in parenting — Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man — and told The Advocate about the premature birth of his twin sons.

Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus

Husbands (and interior designers) Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent welcomed their daughter, Poppy, into their family in 2015 via surrogacy.

Alec Mapa and Jamison Hebert

Actor and comedian Alec Mapa and his husband, Jamison Hebert, adopted 5-year-old Zion in 2010. Mapa mined his experiences in his documentary of stand-up and stories, Baby Daddy, which was featured in Outfest 2014. Photo by Bethany Nauert.

Jared Polis and Marlon Reis

Colorado congressman Jared Polis and Marlon Reis celebrated the birth of their son, Caspian Julius, on September 30, 2011.

Colm & Paul O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman, the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland is raising his children to be activists. In 2015, his teenage daughter read an open letter she had written about her dads in the lead-up to the referendum on same-sex marriage on television.

"My dads are like any other good parents," she wrote. "They want me to be happy; they're strict but only because they want the best for me. But most importantly, they really, really love me. So how can someone say that my family isn't ideal? And what does that even mean?"

The O'Gormans' children Sean and Safia came into his life when a close friend, Susie, who was terminally ill at the time, asked Colm to be their father. Now the two have legal guardianship of both children.

"I had thought being a parent wasn't a possibility for me but the moment Susie asked me would I parent him, I knew that I would," he says. "It was an instant obvious thing. There was no way I wasn't going to do it."

Tom Ford & Richard Buckley

Ford, the iconic fashion designer and film director has a son with his husband Richard Buckley, a journalist. Their son, Alexander John "Jack Buckley Ford, born in September 2012. Ford has gone on the record stating, "I always said I wanted to have children. And as I got a little bit older, Richard, who I live with – we’ve been together 24 years – did not want children. And so I decided not to have children. But if I have children, no one will know about it until the child is born." He added that he would be protective of sharing images of his son, "No one will ever see the child because I certainly wouldn’t use it as a press tool. If I have a child, you won’t notice that I had a child. Maybe you’ll see it when it’s 18, but I will keep it out of the spotlight."

Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton (né Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) is the dad of Mario Armando Lavandeira III, who was born via a surrogate mother and an egg donor two days after Valentine’s Day, on February 16, 2013. In May 2015, Mario got a new sister, Mia, who was also born from a surrogate mother. Hilton raises the siblings with the help of his mother and a nanny in New York City.

Currently single, he told the Associated Press that "didn't want to worry about a relationship of mine interfering with the happiness and well-being of my children," and "every day is Father's Day for me." He also wouldn't allow baby Mia out in public until she received her two-month shots, because he is "pro-vaccination." Photos via PerezHilton.com.

Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers

Supergirl producer Greg Berlanti and his soccer star partner, Robbie Rogers, welcomed a son, Caleb, into their family in February 2016.

Ryan Murphy and David Miller

Producer Ryan Murphy and his husband, David Miller, are the fathers of Logan Phineas, born December 24, 2012, via surrogacy. A second son, Ford, joined their family in 2014. Their journey to fatherhood partly inspired NBC’s The New Normal, which Murphy created.

Jeremy Brandrick and Adam Morris

British-born designer Jeremy Brandrick, who was featured on Project Runway season 12, is raising twins — son Benjamin and daughter Alexandra — with his husband, Adam Morris, in New York City.

Ricky Martin

His twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, were born in 2008 via a surrogate. However, there may be more to come.

"I'm only starting; I want a big family. I like the noise of children running around the house," he told Popsugar in 2017, "I want Daddy's little girl now...We have to have a balance in the house!"

Lee Daniels

Precious director Lee Daniels has had his twins since they were 3 days old. Clara and Liam were born to Daniels's brother and his girlfriend and adopted by Daniels and his-then-partner, casting director Billy Hopkins. See a great picture from their W photo shoot here.

Dan Bucatinsky and Don Roos

Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal,The Comeback) and his husband, screenwriter Don Roos, have two children, Eliza and Jonah. Bucatinsky drew on his experiences for his book Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?

Sam Harris and Danny Jacobsen

Singer Sam Harris and Danny Jacobsen, who is a director and presentation coach for numerous blue-chip companies and also a film producer, have been together since 1994. They adopted a son, Cooper Atticus Harris-Jacobsen, in April 2008, and the couple married November 1, 2008. Harris documents some of his parenting stories in his memoir Ham: Slices of Life.

Bill Horn and Scout Masterson

Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken and platonic baby-making partner Jaymes Foster welcomed their first child together in North Carolina in August 2008.

Elton John and David Furnish

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have two sons born from the same surrogate mother: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born in California on Christmas Day, 2010, and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John was born January 11, 2013.